Born
on June 12th, 1951. Fantastic singer as his voice grade is
uo to almost four octaves, and because of that he is compared to
Demis Russo. The only difference is that Sīmanis started to play
music before even Russo was known in Latvia. At the beginning Sīmanis
was keen on sports. He was Junior Alpine ski Latvian Champion in
1967. Later his success was overshadowed by guitar and songs. Poem
for organ “Mīlestība nekad nebeidzas” with lyrics by Arvīds
Ulme was composed in 1976. Also in future Ulme was his favourite
poet. Cycle of songs “Likteņa lietavas” was created in 1978,
“Par zāli, sāli un Tevi” - in the next year. Everyone held
their breath when Sīmanis participated in “Mikrafons” concert
with song “Melns ezers kalna galā...”. At the same time his
talent noticed professionals and invited him to join philharmonic
association “Tip Top” at first and later - band “Lāčplēsis”.
In cooperation with band “Lāčplēsis” another songs “Man
jānoriet” was created. As Sīmanis prefered artistic freedom,
nonstop concerts without respite could not be continued. In the
middle of the 80's he started to work individually and disappeared
from the stage. On a regular basis he visited Latvaian churches to
perform his concerts and he did not brag about his cretive plans also
in the 90's. Sīmanis is one of the less interwieved musician, but
his songs speaks on behalf of him.